William Gene Strait, 51, Kansas City, MO (formerly of Milton, IA), died April 5, 2000, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 10, at the Henkenius-Priester Funeral Home in Bloomfield, IA, with the Rev. Larry Prosser officiating; burial in the Sunnyside Cemetery in Milton, IA. Visitation will be open after 12 noon Sunday, April 9, with the family present that evening from 5-7 p.m. Memorials have been established to Milton Sunnyside Cemetery, Grace United Methodist Church in Milton, Russell-Strait Post 483 American Legion of Milton.

Mr. Strait was born March 18, 1949, in Ottumwa, IA, to William Claron and Wilma C. Werts Strait. He was a graduate of Fox Valley High School Class of 1967, and a graduate of Iowa Wesleyan College in 1972. He was an electrician for the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, KS. He was affiliated with the Grace United Methodist Church in Milton. He is survived by his mother, Wilma C. Strait, Russell, IA; one sister, Susan Hartley and her husband, Tom; and one niece, Meredith Hartley,Kansas City, MO. He was preceded in death by his father, William Claron Strait. (Arrangements: Henkenius-Preister Funeral Home, Bloomfield, IA)